Here are some interesting videos from YouTube that might be helpful in starting classroom debates or enquiry based learning before coming on a trip to the Kiwi House or to Waitomo Caves.
Anti-1080 activists go too far, and try to blame a Kiwi's death on 1080 poisoning.
A scientist conducts a study to see what happens to 1080 in water, and confirms that 1080 does not kill crayfish, fish or water invertebrates.
Gates being installed at cave entrances to protect bats from people.
Possum hassling nesting kiwis to try and get their egg.
Stoat attacking a baby bird in it's nest.
An infra-red triggered camera captures the action as possums and rats attack a birds nest and eat the freshly hatched chicks.
David Attenborough presents the most amazing Glowworm images from his BBC Planet Earth series.
New Zealand's Short Tailed Bat is the only bat species out of about 1200 worldwide that folds it's wings up and hunts for invertebrates down on the ground and beneath the leaf litter. David Attenborough's Life of Mammals series also shows us the unique relationship these bats have with the Hades Plant or Wood Rose.
Whether by good luck or adaptation, the Mahoenui Giant Weta now owes it's survival to the presence of an introduced weed (gorse).
Here are some interesting videos from YouTube that might be helpful in starting classroom debates or enquiry based learning before coming on a trip to the Kiwi House or to Waitomo Caves.
Anti-1080 activists go too far, and try to blame a Kiwi's death on 1080 poisoning.
A scientist conducts a study to see what happens to 1080 in water, and confirms that 1080 does not kill crayfish, fish or water invertebrates.
Gates being installed at cave entrances to protect bats from people.
Possum hassling nesting kiwis to try and get their egg.
Stoat attacking a baby bird in it's nest.
An infra-red triggered camera captures the action as possums and rats attack a birds nest and eat the freshly hatched chicks.
David Attenborough presents the most amazing Glowworm images from his BBC Planet Earth series.
New Zealand's Short Tailed Bat is the only bat species out of about 1200 worldwide that folds it's wings up and hunts for invertebrates down on the ground and beneath the leaf litter. David Attenborough's Life of Mammals series also shows us the unique relationship these bats have with the Hades Plant or Wood Rose.
Whether by good luck or adaptation, the Mahoenui Giant Weta now owes it's survival to the presence of an introduced weed (gorse).